Thread: Model A Ford help needed...

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There were a Babillion of them built, hence there are still a bunch of them around. When there is an abundance of anything it seems to bring down the price... Another words, they are still affordable and still have the look. LOL You can buy them fairly cheap in today standards and after they are built they can bring a good profit. Its cost effective to build an A Bone into a hot rod. Not so much to restore one. A fully restored Model A Brings around $12,000 to $14,000. An A Bone built into a hot rod can double that easily. The evolution of the Ford body styles in the 20 and 30 were subtle but marked in the differences. The Model T's were still very small, really tall, and still very much horse buggy in its technology. I think Model A's are the first cars of the modern era in their design and the way they were made. The main thing that made the 32 popular in the day wasn't the body style as it was just a bit different than the 30, 31's, it was that monster power plant flat head V8 that made that car so desirable. It was the first of the ford V8's and the body style only lasted for 1 year. Not too many built, more power, and now they are rare and as a consequence they bring a pretty penny. Anyway that is the attraction as I see it. Im sure some may disagree and have other reasons for one over the other and Id like to hear their views... Thanks for the question and interest. On a side note I find that no mater what the make of the car there is a following and certain group of people that just love them. I for one am glad everyone has different tastes in vehicles and we all prefer different things in our vehicles. If we didn't hot rodding could get really old and boring quickly.